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VA Lighthouse

VA Lighthouse is the US Department of Veterans Affairs' developer API platform. Published at developer.va.gov with production endpoints at api.va.gov, Lighthouse exposes 22+ APIs covering Benefits (claims, documents, reference data, intake), Health (HL7 FHIR R4 Patient Health and Clinical Health, Community Care Eligibility), Facilities, Forms, Veteran Verification and Confirmation, Appeals and Decision Reviews under the Appeals Modernization Act (AMA), Address Validation, Direct Deposit Management, VA Letter Generation, Education Benefits, and the full VA Home Loan Guaranty stack (Loan Guaranty, Loan Review, Guaranty Remittance, Health-Care-Costs Coverage). All authenticated APIs use OAuth 2.0 with both Authorization Code (Veteran consent) and Client Credentials (system) flows; the health APIs additionally support SMART-on-FHIR. The platform is operated by the VA Office of the CTO with open-source backend code in github.com/department-of-veterans-affairs/vets-api and reference clients in vets-api-clients.

VA Lighthouse publishes 30 APIs on the APIs.io network, including 5103 Waiver API, ACA Coverage API, AddressValidation-v3 API, and 27 more. Tagged areas include Government, Veterans Affairs, Veterans, Healthcare, and Benefits.

The VA Lighthouse catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context.

VA Lighthouse’s developer surface includes authentication, developer portal, documentation, getting-started guide, signup flow, support, engineering blog, and 33 more developer resources.

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
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Composite quality — 45.7/100 · developing
Contract Quality 16.2 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 10.4 / 20
Commercial Clarity 4.2 / 20
Operational Transparency 2.7 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.9 / 10
Agent readiness — 41/100 · agent ready
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8
Request/Response Examples 7 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
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APIs 35

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Decision Reviews API

Composite of the three AMA decision-review filing endpoints — Higher-Level Review (HLR), Supplemental Claim (SC), and Notice of Disagreement (Board Appeal / NOD) — for submittin...

Education Benefits API

School Certifying Officials (SCOs) and education benefit administrators read and submit GI Bill / Post-9/11 education benefit enrollment data — VA Form 22-1999 enrollment certif...

Loan Guaranty API

Provides lenders and servicers the digital surface for the VA Home Loan Guaranty program — eligibility, appraisals, loan setup, and certificate-of-eligibility (COE) operations. ...

Guaranty Remittance API

Lets VA Loan Guaranty servicers remit funding-fee, late, and other Loan Guaranty payments to VA electronically instead of through legacy paper-based remittance. Client credentia...

Health Care Costs Coverage API

Insurance-coordination API for VA's Consolidated Patient Account Center (CPAC) — submit and update third-party health insurance coverage on a Veteran's record so VA can correctl...

VA Lighthouse 5103 Waiver API

Allows authenticated and authorized users to file a 5103 Notice Response on a claim.

VA Lighthouse ACA Coverage API

The ACA Coverage API from VA Lighthouse — 1 operation(s) for aca coverage.

VA Lighthouse AddressValidation-v3 API

Address Standardization and Validation endpoints

VA Lighthouse Appealable Issues API

The Appealable Issues API from VA Lighthouse — 1 operation(s) for appealable issues.

VA Lighthouse Appeals Status API

Caseflow appeals status API

VA Lighthouse Claims API

Allows authenticated and authorized users to access claims data for a single claim by ID, or for all claims based on claimant data. No data is returned if the user is not authen...

VA Lighthouse DirectDeposit API

The DirectDeposit API from VA Lighthouse — 1 operation(s) for directdeposit.

VA Lighthouse Disability API

Used for 526 claims.

VA Lighthouse Disability Compensation Claims API

Allows authenticated and authorized users to automatically establish a Disability Compensation Claim (21-526EZ) in VBMS

VA Lighthouse Disability Rating API

The Disability Rating API from VA Lighthouse — 4 operation(s) for disability rating.

VA Lighthouse Documents Service API

The Documents Service API from VA Lighthouse — 9 operation(s) for documents service.

VA Lighthouse Enrolled Benefits API

The Enrolled Benefits API from VA Lighthouse — 1 operation(s) for enrolled benefits.

VA Lighthouse facilities API

VA Facilities API

VA Lighthouse Flashes API

The Flashes API from VA Lighthouse — 1 operation(s) for flashes.

VA Lighthouse Forms API

The Forms API from VA Lighthouse — 2 operation(s) for forms.

VA Lighthouse Intent to File API

Used for 0966 submissions.

VA Lighthouse JWS Validation API

The JWS Validation API from VA Lighthouse — 1 operation(s) for jws validation.

VA Lighthouse Legacy Appeals API

The Legacy Appeals API from VA Lighthouse — 1 operation(s) for legacy appeals.

VA Lighthouse Letters API

The Letters API from VA Lighthouse — 3 operation(s) for letters.

VA Lighthouse loanReviewPublic API

Loan Review Public Resource

VA Lighthouse Path API

The Path API from VA Lighthouse — 1 operation(s) for path.

VA Lighthouse Permanent And Total Disability API

The Permanent And Total Disability API from VA Lighthouse — 2 operation(s) for permanent and total disability.

VA Lighthouse Power of Attorney API

Used for 21-22 and 21-22a form submissions.

VA Lighthouse Reference Data API

The Reference Data API from VA Lighthouse — 9 operation(s) for reference data.

VA Lighthouse Search API

The Search API from VA Lighthouse — 1 operation(s) for search.

VA Lighthouse Service History API

The Service History API from VA Lighthouse — 1 operation(s) for service history.

VA Lighthouse Status API

The Status API from VA Lighthouse — 2 operation(s) for status.

VA Lighthouse Uploads API

The Uploads API from VA Lighthouse — 5 operation(s) for uploads.

VA Lighthouse veteran_confirmation_status API

Veteran Confirmation - Veteran Status

VA Lighthouse Veteran Verification API

The Veteran Verification API from VA Lighthouse — 3 operation(s) for veteran verification.

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Open Collections 23

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

Address Validation

OPEN COLLECTION

Appealable Issues

OPEN COLLECTION

Appeals

OPEN COLLECTION

Appeals Status

OPEN COLLECTION

Benefits Claims

OPEN COLLECTION

Benefits Claims

OPEN COLLECTION

Benefits Documents Service API

OPEN COLLECTION

Benefits Intake

OPEN COLLECTION

Benefits Data Lookup API

OPEN COLLECTION

Community Care Eligibility

OPEN COLLECTION

Direct Deposit Management API

OPEN COLLECTION

VA Facilities

OPEN COLLECTION

VA Facilities

OPEN COLLECTION

VA Forms

OPEN COLLECTION

Legacy Appeals

OPEN COLLECTION

VA Loan Guaranty - Loan Review REST API

OPEN COLLECTION

API Collection

OPEN COLLECTION

VA Letter Generator API

OPEN COLLECTION

Veteran Confirmation

OPEN COLLECTION

Veteran Confirmation

OPEN COLLECTION

Veteran Verification

OPEN COLLECTION

Veteran Verification

OPEN COLLECTION

Veteran Service History and Eligibility API

OPEN COLLECTION

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Features 21

Notable capabilities this provider offers.

22+ Lighthouse APIs spanning Benefits, Health, Facilities, Verification, Forms, Appeals, and Loan Guaranty
HL7 FHIR R4 + US Core conformant Patient Health and Clinical Health APIs with SMART-on-FHIR launch
OAuth 2.0 with both Authorization Code (Veteran consent) and Client Credentials (system) flows
Full sandbox at sandbox-api.va.gov with documented synthetic Veteran test accounts (vets-api-clients/test_accounts)
Open-data facilities, forms, and reference-data APIs (no auth required for read endpoints)
VA address canonicalization and geocoding via Address Validation API v3
Direct integration with VBMS (Benefits Documents) and Centralized Mail Portal (Benefits Intake) for claims documentation
AMA-era decision review filing — HLR, SC, Notice of Disagreement — plus legacy appeal status
Programmatic VA letter generation (Benefit Summary, Service Verification, COE, etc.) as on-demand PDFs
VA Home Loan Guaranty digital surface — Loan Guaranty, Loan Review, Guaranty Remittance, Health-Care-Costs Coverage
Veteran Confirmation and Veteran Verification APIs for retail/lender Veteran-status checks
GI Bill / Post-9/11 education benefit submission for School Certifying Officials
Path-to-Production process documented in developer-portal-backend / Path-to-Production.md
Lighthouse OAS contract testing via the public lighthouse-oas-tests repository
Public reference implementations and sample apps in vets-api-clients (Ruby, Node, samples)
vets-api (Ruby/Rails) — primary open-source backend powering VA.gov and many Lighthouse endpoints
vets-website — public open-source frontend for VA.gov
FHIR Bulk Data (Flat FHIR) endpoints via health-apis-bulk-fhir
StatusPage at valighthouse.statuspage.io
VA Lighthouse OAuth flow supports PKCE and SMART-on-FHIR scopes (patient/*, user/*, system/*)
Free at point of use for accredited consumers — no per-call pricing for approved third parties

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Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Va Gov Context

2 classes · 15 properties

JSON-LD

Security Posture 3

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Va Gov Authentication

apiKey/http/oauth2 · 6 schemes

SECURITY

Va Gov Domain Security

TLSv1.2 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Va Gov Vulnerability Disclosure

Bugcrowd · security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

Va Gov Scopes

35 scopes · authorizationCode/clientCredentials

35 scopes

SCOPES

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Va Gov Agentic Access

116 operations · 53 acting

116 operations · 53 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 5

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Portal
Portal
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Portal
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GettingStarted
 Signup
Signup
 Sandbox
Sandbox

Documentation 8

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation
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Documentation
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Documentation
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Documentation
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Documentation
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Documentation
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Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess

Build 9

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization
 SourceCode
SourceCode
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SourceCode
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SourceCode
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Access & Security 9

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

VulnerabilityDisclosure
VulnerabilityDisclosure
 DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Authentication
Authentication
 OAuthScopes
OAuthScopes
 Authentication
Authentication
 Authentication
Authentication
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Authentication
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Authentication
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Operate 3

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support
Support
 ContactEmail
ContactEmail
 StatusPage
StatusPage

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

TermsOfService
TermsOfService
 PrivacyPolicy
PrivacyPolicy
 TermsOfService
TermsOfService

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Blog
Blog
 LinkedIn
LinkedIn

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: va-gov
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/va-gov/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
apis:
- aid: va-gov:decision-reviews-api
  name: Decision Reviews API
  tags:
  - Government
  - Veterans Affairs
  - Appeals
  - Decision Reviews
  humanURL: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/decision-reviews/docs
  baseURL: https://api.va.gov/services/appeals/v2
  properties:
  - url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/decision-reviews/docs
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/decision-reviews/release-notes
    type: ChangeLog
  description: Composite of the three AMA decision-review filing endpoints — Higher-Level Review (HLR), Supplemental Claim
    (SC), and Notice of Disagreement (Board Appeal / NOD) — for submitting and tracking decision reviews under the Veterans
    Appeals Improvement and Modernization Act.
- aid: va-gov:education-benefits-api
  name: Education Benefits API
  tags:
  - Government
  - Veterans Affairs
  - Education
  - GI Bill
  - Benefits
  humanURL: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/education-benefits/docs
  baseURL: https://api.va.gov/services/education/v0
  properties:
  - url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/education-benefits/docs
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/education-benefits/client-credentials
    type: Authentication
  - url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/education-benefits/release-notes
    type: ChangeLog
  description: School Certifying Officials (SCOs) and education benefit administrators read and submit GI Bill / Post-9/11
    education benefit enrollment data — VA Form 22-1999 enrollment certifications — on behalf of enrolled student Veterans.
- aid: va-gov:loan-guaranty-api
  name: Loan Guaranty API
  tags:
  - Government
  - Veterans Affairs
  - Home Loans
  - Mortgages
  - Loan Guaranty
  humanURL: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/loan-guaranty/docs
  baseURL: https://api.va.gov/services/loan-guaranty/v1
  properties:
  - url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/loan-guaranty/docs
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/loan-guaranty/release-notes
    type: ChangeLog
  description: Provides lenders and servicers the digital surface for the VA Home Loan Guaranty program — eligibility, appraisals,
    loan setup, and certificate-of-eligibility (COE) operations. Companion APIs handle Loan Review, Guaranty Remittance, and
    Health-Care-Costs Coverage.
- aid: va-gov:guaranty-remittance-api
  name: Guaranty Remittance API
  tags:
  - Government
  - Veterans Affairs
  - Home Loans
  - Loan Guaranty
  - Payments
  humanURL: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/guaranty-remittance/docs
  baseURL: https://api.va.gov/services/guaranty-remittance/v1
  properties:
  - url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/guaranty-remittance/docs
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/guaranty-remittance/client-credentials
    type: Authentication
  description: Lets VA Loan Guaranty servicers remit funding-fee, late, and other Loan Guaranty payments to VA electronically
    instead of through legacy paper-based remittance. Client credentials only; sandbox available.
- aid: va-gov:health-care-costs-coverage-api
  name: Health Care Costs Coverage API
  tags:
  - Government
  - Veterans Affairs
  - Healthcare
  - Insurance
  - Coverage
  humanURL: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/health-care-costs-coverage/docs
  baseURL: https://api.va.gov/services/health-care-costs-coverage/v1
  properties:
  - url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/health-care-costs-coverage/docs
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/health-care-costs-coverage/client-credentials
    type: Authentication
  description: Insurance-coordination API for VA's Consolidated Patient Account Center (CPAC) — submit and update third-party
    health insurance coverage on a Veteran's record so VA can correctly bill private insurers for non-service-connected care.
    Client credentials only; sandbox available.
- aid: va-gov:va-gov-5103-waiver-api
  name: VA Lighthouse 5103 Waiver API
  description: Allows authenticated and authorized users to file a 5103 Notice Response on a claim.
  humanURL: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/va-facilities/docs
  baseURL: https://api.va.gov/services/va_facilities/v1
  tags:
  - 5103 Waiver
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/va-gov-5103-waiver-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/va-facilities/docs
  - type: ChangeLog
    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/va-facilities/release-notes
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/va-forms/docs
  - type: ChangeLog
    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/va-forms/release-notes
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/benefits-claims/docs
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/benefits-claims/authorization-code
  - type: ChangeLog
    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/benefits-claims/release-notes
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/benefits-intake/docs
  - type: ChangeLog
    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/benefits-intake/release-notes
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/benefits-documents/docs
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/benefits-documents/client-credentials
  - type: ChangeLog
    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/benefits-documents/release-notes
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/benefits-reference-data/docs
  - type: ChangeLog
    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/benefits-reference-data/release-notes
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/appeals-status/docs
  - type: ChangeLog
    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/appeals-status/release-notes
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/appealable-issues/docs
  - type: ChangeLog
    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/appealable-issues/release-notes
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/legacy-appeals/docs
  - type: ChangeLog
    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/legacy-appeals/release-notes
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/patient-health/docs
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/patient-health/authorization-code
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/clinical-health/docs
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/clinical-health/authorization-code
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/community-care-eligibility/docs
  - type: ChangeLog
    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/community-care-eligibility/release-notes
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/veteran-service-history-and-eligibility/docs
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/veteran-confirmation/docs
  - type: ChangeLog
    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/veteran-confirmation/release-notes
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/address-validation/docs
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/direct-deposit-management/docs
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/direct-deposit-management/client-credentials
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/va-letter-generator/docs
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/va-letter-generator/client-credentials
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/loan-review/docs
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/loan-review/client-credentials
- aid: va-gov:va-gov-aca-coverage-api
  name: VA Lighthouse ACA Coverage API
  description: The ACA Coverage API from VA Lighthouse — 1 operation(s) for aca coverage.
  humanURL: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/va-facilities/docs
  baseURL: https://api.va.gov/services/va_facilities/v1
  tags:
  - ACA Coverage
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/va-gov-aca-coverage-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/va-facilities/docs
  - type: ChangeLog
    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/va-facilities/release-notes
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/va-forms/docs
  - type: ChangeLog
    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/va-forms/release-notes
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/benefits-claims/docs
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/benefits-claims/authorization-code
  - type: ChangeLog
    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/benefits-claims/release-notes
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/benefits-intake/docs
  - type: ChangeLog
    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/benefits-intake/release-notes
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/benefits-documents/docs
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/benefits-documents/client-credentials
  - type: ChangeLog
    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/benefits-documents/release-notes
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/benefits-reference-data/docs
  - type: ChangeLog
    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/benefits-reference-data/release-notes
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/appeals-status/docs
  - type: ChangeLog
    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/appeals-status/release-notes
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/appealable-issues/docs
  - type: ChangeLog
    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/appealable-issues/release-notes
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/legacy-appeals/docs
  - type: ChangeLog
    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/legacy-appeals/release-notes
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/patient-health/docs
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/patient-health/authorization-code
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/clinical-health/docs
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/clinical-health/authorization-code
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/community-care-eligibility/docs
  - type: ChangeLog
    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/community-care-eligibility/release-notes
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/veteran-service-history-and-eligibility/docs
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/veteran-confirmation/docs
  - type: ChangeLog
    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/veteran-confirmation/release-notes
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/address-validation/docs
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/direct-deposit-management/docs
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/direct-deposit-management/client-credentials
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/va-letter-generator/docs
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/va-letter-generator/client-credentials
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/loan-review/docs
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/loan-review/client-credentials
- aid: va-gov:va-gov-addressvalidation-v3-api
  name: VA Lighthouse AddressValidation-v3 API
  description: Address Standardization and Validation endpoints
  humanURL: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/va-facilities/docs
  baseURL: https://api.va.gov/services/va_facilities/v1
  tags:
  - AddressValidation-v3
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/va-gov-addressvalidation-v3-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/va-facilities/docs
  - type: ChangeLog
    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/va-facilities/release-notes
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/va-forms/docs
  - type: ChangeLog
    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/va-forms/release-notes
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/benefits-claims/docs
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/benefits-claims/authorization-code
  - type: ChangeLog
    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/benefits-claims/release-notes
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/benefits-intake/docs
  - type: ChangeLog
    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/benefits-intake/release-notes
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/benefits-documents/docs
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/benefits-documents/client-credentials
  - type: ChangeLog
    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/benefits-documents/release-notes
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/benefits-reference-data/docs
  - type: ChangeLog
    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/benefits-reference-data/release-notes
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/appeals-status/docs
  - type: ChangeLog
    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/appeals-status/release-notes
  - type: Documentation
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    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/clinical-health/docs
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    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/loan-review/client-credentials
- aid: va-gov:va-gov-appeals-status-api
  name: VA Lighthouse Appeals Status API
  description: Caseflow appeals status API
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  baseURL: https://api.va.gov/services/va_facilities/v1
  tags:
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    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/benefits-claims/release-notes
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    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/benefits-intake/docs
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    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/benefits-intake/release-notes
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    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/benefits-documents/release-notes
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    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/benefits-reference-data/docs
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  humanURL: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/va-facilities/docs
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    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/benefits-documents/release-notes
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    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/appeals-status/docs
  - type: ChangeLog
    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/appeals-status/release-notes
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    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/legacy-appeals/release-notes
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  - type: Authentication
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  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/clinical-health/authorization-code
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    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/community-care-eligibility/release-notes
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    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/veteran-service-history-and-eligibility/docs
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    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/address-validation/docs
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/direct-deposit-management/docs
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    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/direct-deposit-management/client-credentials
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    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/va-letter-generator/client-credentials
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    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/loan-review/docs
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/loan-review/client-credentials
- aid: va-gov:va-gov-directdeposit-api
  name: VA Lighthouse DirectDeposit API
  description: The DirectDeposit API from VA Lighthouse — 1 operation(s) for directdeposit.
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  baseURL: https://api.va.gov/services/va_facilities/v1
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    url: openapi/va-gov-directdeposit-api-openapi.yml
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    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/va-facilities/release-notes
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    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/va-forms/release-notes
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    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/benefits-claims/docs
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    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/benefits-claims/authorization-code
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    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/benefits-intake/docs
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    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/benefits-intake/release-notes
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    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/benefits-documents/docs
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    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/benefits-documents/release-notes
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    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/benefits-reference-data/docs
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    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/appealable-issues/docs
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  - type: ChangeLog
    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/legacy-appeals/release-notes
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    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/patient-health/docs
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  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/direct-deposit-management/client-credentials
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    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/va-letter-generator/client-credentials
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    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/loan-review/docs
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/loan-review/client-credentials
- aid: va-gov:va-gov-disability-api
  name: VA Lighthouse Disability API
  description: Used for 526 claims.
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  baseURL: https://api.va.gov/services/va_facilities/v1
  tags:
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    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/va-facilities/release-notes
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/va-forms/docs
  - type: ChangeLog
    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/va-forms/release-notes
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/benefits-claims/docs
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/benefits-claims/authorization-code
  - type: ChangeLog
    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/benefits-claims/release-notes
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/benefits-intake/docs
  - type: ChangeLog
    url: https://developer.va.gov/exp

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